ferals

Definition of feralsnext
plural of feral

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferals
Noun
  • But Western brands often treat the zodiac like a rotating visual gimmick — 12 animals, 12 years, rinse and repeat.
    Yiling Pan, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
  • If there’s more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and less oxygen, for example, animals will be smaller and plants will thrive under those conditions, changing the balance of life.
    Big Think, Big Think, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Whichever predator was involved, Henrici notes that the regurgitalite confirms that one of these animals snacked broadly on the smaller critters around it and could vomit up indigestible material, much as modern owls and Komodo dragons do today.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But at many shelters, including Marin Humane, there are lots of other critters looking for their forever homes.
    Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Our status as creatures of God confers on us certain rights that can’t be handed over as part of the social contract, rights that are at once natural and inalienable.
    Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Take a walk along one to spot the creatures that rely on it, and dip your feet in on a hot day to feel what heaven feels like.
    Becky Bartkowski, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Abby’s Magical Beasties, where one of the beasties goes missing, and Abby must problem-solve.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In a horrific twist, Kasumi (Kana Hanazawa) wakes up way too early — and thus has to battle the ferocious beasties to survive.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Finally, betta fish are carnivores.
    Sierra Leone Starks, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Rather, they are placed there because the focus of many of those trees is on placental mammals, such as humans, other primates, carnivores, rodents and so on.
    Kevin Omland, The Conversation, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The findings also suggest that herbivory evolved independently in several different groups of early land vertebrates, not just in the ancestors of modern reptiles.
    Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The fruit fly research by Freeman’s team indicates the next steps in research in vertebrates; in the same Science issue the group reported that norepinephrine changes how astrocytes respond to input from neurons.
    Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Credit to producers Tim Zinnemann and George Linder for selecting a veritable array of brutes to wage battle with Arnold.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Ferals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferals. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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